The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-08

James Nackin, ex-State Treasurer Of New
York, on the ground that in his senility ho
was influenced by his wife, formerly Miss
Sarah g. Brittou, ofEt. Louis.
ACTING SRcRRfARY FAIRcHILD has
authorized tho free entry Of certain num-
mics held in the New York custom house.
TIE Stewart sale was concluded on the
81st, with the disposal Of the library. The
aggregate receipts were about e0OO0
ONE man was killed and three fatally in
jured by IN explosion in the boiler works ct
Erie, Pa, the other day.
NEW YoRK ticket brokers pretend not to
be in the least apprehensive Of the results
Of the agreement of the railroads not to pay
any more commissions.
WILLIAM CLARKE, the registry clerk who
was accused Of stealing package contain
ing $4,000 from mail pouch in the New
York post-ofice, WAS committed for trial on
the LIST.
ALL the United States prisoners In South
eastern Pennsylvania have been placed on
their own recognisauces, no money being
available for jury trials before next Octo-
Der.
SoME time ago the Sewanhaka Yacht
Club, Of New York, made Q request Of the
Navy Department that naval officer be
detailed for the purpose of giving the club
practical instructions in the management OF
its vessels, with view that the feet might
be relied upon As naval reserve. In COM
pliance with this request Commander Nc
Call has been detailed to this duty.
REV. JAMES CURRAN, of New York, has
been ordered to do penance for sustaining
DR.. McGlynn.
THE remarkable case Of William Kissane,
who has been under indictment in New
York for thirty-four years for forgery,
caused considerable comment. Kissane
fed to California and is reported to be ex-
tremely wealthy at present under an as
sumed name.
The jury Of inquest in The Richmond Ho-
tel fire, Buffalo, N. Y. by which fifteen
persons lost their lives, returned verdict
recently, recommending that the electric
light wires, which were found to interfere
with the work Of the fire department, be
put under ground, and censuring the pro-
prietors Of the hotel for having only one
fire escape on the building.
NEWS has been received that Charles
Roark, who was supposed to be the man
who shot Express Messenger Lake and
robbed his safe on the West Shore road
near Utica, N. Y, the other night, had been
captured at Suspension Bridge. He was
traced by means of fragments torn from
bank notes in express packages when they
were hastily opened.
THE Massachusetts Cattle Commission
has Quarantined against New York and
Vermont.
REV. A. b. BRAUN, censor Of the Roman
Catholic diocese Of New York, lectured
recently in opposition to Henry Georges
land theory.
THE WEST.
E. 8. Noon and William Walton, residents
Of Warsaw, Ind, were duck hunting re-
Gently. Both raised their guns to fire, when
Walton's foot slipped, and in falling he was
struck in the head and neck by the load
from Moons gun, killing him instantly.
Two hundred and fifty builders of the |
United States met in Chicago on the Goth |
and organized the National Builders Asso- |
clation.
THE ship c. B. Sutton has been chartered
by the American sugar refinery, of San |
Francisco, to load q full cargo of Hawaiian |
sugar for New York. This is the first su-
gar cargo ever chartered for New York.
NEWS has been received at Albuquerque,
n NJ, of quarrel between Navajo and |
Zuni Indians at Defiance. Settlers feared |
Q war between the tribes would result
hON. lhOMAS ~. nEfNOLDSs cX-Llcuten-
ant Governor of Missouri, committed sui |
eide at the st. Louis custom house on the |
30th by plunging down the elevator shaft |
from the third floor. He fell distance of |
eighty feet and crushed in his skull The |
cause of the rash act was mental derange- |
ment, superinduced by malaria.
SAM TURNER, the well known hotel clerk |
and part proprietor of the Grand Pacific, |
Chicago. died on the Both. Mr. Turner was |
one of the Oldest and most popular hotel |
clerks in the country.
The trial Of DR.. James Hodges, who ex |
ploded bomb in the Grand Opera House in |
San Francisco on February g. during PATHS |
concert. took place on the 3lst. Hodges tes- |
titled that he had gone to the opera with the |
intention Of ending his life while Patti was |
singing, so that he could be her page in the |
spirit land. The jury brought in a verdict |
Of guilty of the charge of assault to murder |
The Nebraska Legislature adjourned sine !
die March 81.
j. B. BoLIN's residence at Cedarville, CAL, |
was destroyed by fire the other night. Mr.. |
Bolln was absent at the time His wife,
three boys and two girls were asleep when |
the fire began. The girls escaped, but the |
three boys, aged seven, ten and fifteen,
were burned to death. Mrs. Bolin was seri-
ously injured while trying to rescue the
children.
A DISPATCH was received in Kansas City
from Governor Marmaduke stating, in re- |
ply to question concerning militia COM
panies, that he was about to disband all the
companies Of militia in the State.
THE Stonecuttcrs' Association Of Cincin- |
natl, Covington and Newport has decided to
close all shops until the employees make
inf orIs ~ 4
Of work
JUICE WADE. Of Helena NJ. T., rules that
no more licenses shall be issued to travel
ing men for nonresident firms.
HERR MOsr has issued another manifesto
against the capitalists and police.
AN elevator loaded with girls fell five
stories in Chicago the other day, but none
were hurt.
The Wabash line passed out Of the hands
Of Receivers Tut and Humphreys on the
LIST.
PRESIDENT STRONG, Of the Atchison, To- !
peka & Santa Fe Railway Company, denies
absolutely that his company has purchased
or has any interest in the purchase of the |
Chicago & Eastern Illinois road: He de- |
clares that he has no information as to the |
alleged sale beyond the rumors coming |
from the street.
CHICAGO carpenters struck on the LIST.
THE SOUTH.
HIRAM BARRY, one Of Tennessee's oldest |
printers and publishers, died 1t Knoxville !
the other day, aged eighty-six.
A. r. RACIAL, . stock dealer, has entered |
Q $50, 600 damage suit 1t San Antonio, Tex, |
against Dun's Agency for circulating in |
formation affecting his credit.
A apRcuAr fvoun A chwor4h r. ~ TIA I
18th, states that terrible hail storm &C |